Alvin egnew



(No Model.)

A. EGNEW.

PGKB. Y No. 337,886. PatentedMar. 9, 1886.

INrrn STATES PATENT Fries.

ALVIN EGNEW, OF NEAR LESBURG, KENTUCKY.

POKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part o Letters Patent No. 337.386, dated March 9. 1896 Application ined Augustin less. serial 110,414,090. (No model.)

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALVIN EGNEW, a cit-izeu of the United States, residing near Leesburg, iu the county of Harrison and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Animal-Pokes, to prevent horses and other animals from jump-l ing over, crawling through, or breaking down fences, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in devices for locking or preventing the bar or pole from turning on the pin by which it is pivoted to the bow.

It also consists in the peculiar form of ba or pole used, and in the colnblnation and arrangement of the Various parts.

In the drawings, Figure l is a View of my improved animal-poke. Fig. 2 shows the bar or pole of the-same, with the apertures therein; Fig. 3, a side view of my device, and Fig. 4 a detail view ofthe prodding device.

A is the bar or pole, which may he either curved or straight, and has an aperture, a, to receive pin a', by which it is pivoted to the bow B. The bow has two or more apertures, b and b-one to receive the pin a', by`

which the pole is pivoted to the bow, and the other to receive piu c2, which runs through slot a3, and thus prevents the bar or poleA from being turned on pill c. This slot may be Inude either in the upper or lower edge of the pole, in the drawings it being shown on the lower side, I considering that preferable.

C is the prodding device. It is placed d irectly at the end ot' the bar or pole. It cousists ot' a plate. c, and shield c', which are held together by two or more bolts, c, with their stationary ends in the shield, the other ends sliding freely through holes in plate c. Around these bolts are coiled springs c3, to press the shield outward and cover the points 0*, the requisite number ot' which are securely fastened to plate c. The sharpened ends of these points or prods project into apertures c5 in the shield.

My preferable mode of attaching the prodding device to the bar or pole is to turn the ends of plate c at right angles and extend them so as to serve as straps, c, between which the pole is admitted and securely bolted.

There are many other modes in which the prodding device may be fastened to the pole, which it is unnecessary to describe.

All the various forms of animal-pokes 1n use have been largely unsuccessful, They have not prevented animals from gettlng over or through a fence, or breaking 1t down. This result is attributable, chiey, first, to the bar or pole revolving on the pin, so that the animal canv throw it up onto the fence or at one side of its head, so as to get the pole out of its way, and second, to the prods not operating directly by pressure against the pole. There is nothing to prevent the pole belng thrown up out ot' the way, and the prods are uncovered only by the indirect pressure of the horses neck upon the cross plate or bar to which they are attached, and even when uncovered the prods strike the anlmal obliquely, it'at all, instead of directly: All these defects are overcome in my devlce. These objections have been sought to be overcome by other devices-such as by extendlug two bars or poles rearwardly, one at eachY slde of the animal, andr in other Ways; but these have been complicated and of such a character as to entangle and endanger crlppllng the animal.

My device is so simple in its construction and of such a character that there is no danger in this direction. The cheapenlng of the cost of its manufacture, by reason ot this simplicity will also be an advantage in its favor.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. In colnbination with pole A, proddlng device C, secured to the end thereof, bow B, pivoted to pole A, and pin a, passing through bow B, and serving to linlit the movement of the latter. l

2. In combination with pole A, havlng slot a3, pivoted bow B, pin a'l, passing through bow B and into slot a3, and a prodding device, C, all arranged as shown.

3. In combination with pole A and pivoted bow B, plate c, rigidly secured to the end of pole A, shield c', provided with apertures c, bolts c, rigidly secured to shield c and pass` ing loosely through plate c, spring c", enclrcling said bolts, and pins ci, rigidly attached to plate c, and projecting through the apertures c5, as and for the purposes described.

ALVIN EGNEW.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM S. HARTLEY, J. C. Haagse.

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